Category: Frugality
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Tips on Buying Refurbished
Purchasing refurbished items can be a great way to lower costs, but it pays to be careful. SmartMoney has some tips for buying refurbished merchandise.
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Overdue: Saving Money at the Library
“Keep company with the rich and you’ll end up picking up the tab every time.” — Anonymous Since I’ve been publishing Queercents, I’m amused when friends make assumptions about me: but perception is not always reality. Example: last night, we were chatting with our housing partners (the guys) about their stay at the house in…
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Recipe: Clutter2Cash’s Kale & Kielbasa Soup
So far we have received kale with each organic vegetable delivery. Luckily I have found a recipe for kale that LaLa actually likes. It’s based on my mother’s delicious Kale & Sausage Soup recipe but I tweaked it for no good reason other than I can’t even leave a damn fine recipe alone (honestly we…
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Media Mail
If you are sending books or other media through the USPS, media mail can be an inexpensive shipping option, but there are restrictions on the service that aren’t always obvious. Jack at the WROX P.O. gave us the lowdown on Media Mail when we asked why it wasn’t available via the self-serve kiosk in the…
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How to beat high energy costs
How to beat high energy costs Originally uploaded by littlebean. Since we are on the “budget plan” my gas company reevaluates my usage every four months and fiddles with my monthly charge (some budget, huh?) In October our gas bill went from around $130 to our new rate of $151. We tried to keep our…
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eSmartTax Review: Don’t Bother
A few weeks ago I posted my price comparisons for tax preparing and filing options. This is primarily of interest to those with an AGI above $50k as there are plenty of free options for the rest of you folks 🙂 I was excited to find an option that would only cost me $9.95 total…
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Tax Filing Options: A Mini-Roundup
For several years I have been a faithful Taxcut user. Last year, after purchasing an iMac I was pleased to see that they offered a version that ran on Mac OSX and happily plunked down my $96.80 ($40.94 of which I received back in rebates) for what was becoming an annual ritual of spending $55+…
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Boston Organics
One of my non-financial goals for 2006 is to eat more fruits and vegetables. This was a lot easier for us to do when we split a share in a CSA farm for a few years, and I enjoyed contributing to something that was important to me all while eating yummy organic and bio-dynamic veggies.…
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22% Lower Cable/Phone/Internet
LaLa finally made the call last week to cancel our Digital Vision service from the cable portion of our telecomm service. This will save us about $12 a month going forward. This is on top of the $20 off each month for 12 months we got just for asking threatening to switch to a competitor.…
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Should I Dump RCN Digital Vision?
So now that I have been looking at every little charge on my telecomm bill and looking for charges to axe, I became very interested in exactly what channels are considered the “digital vision” service. Access to these 40+ channels cost us $11.95 a month (nearly $144 a year): Noggin Nick Games/Sports Nick TOO Boomerang…
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